Improvement in fountain paint-brushes



iniir 551cm DANIEL J. knttoeaor rota-no, onto.

Letters Patent No. 113,305, `dated April 4, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN PAINT-BRUSHES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the same.

Be it known that I, DAMEL J. KELLOGG, of' Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in `Fountain Paint-Brush; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof which will enable Vothers skilled in the'art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, `in which The figure is a side view, partly in section, of my improved fountain paint-brush.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of my improved fountain paint-brush, patented January 17, 1871, and numbered 110,978, so as to make't more convenient in use and more effective in operation; and

It consists in .the construction and combination of various parts of the brush, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the main body 0I' the fountain or reservoir for the paint.

B is the lower conical part offthe fountain, the upper end of which screws into the lower end of the body A, and'from the lower' end of which the brush C projects.

The brush Gis placed, in the' lower end of the tube D, which is perforated with numerous holes, to allow the paint totlow in freely.

The perforated tube D is made slightly tapering toward its loweifend, from which the brush C projects. Thebrush Gis secured in place in the perforated tube D by means of a sponge placed in said tube, and a cork inserted in its upper end.

The lower end of the tube D vmay be made to t closely into the lower end of the conical piece B, but I prefer to eut a screw-thread v upon the outer surface of the lower end of the perforated tube D, and upon the inner surface of the lower end of theconical piece B, as shown in the ligure, so that the said4 parts may be screwed together.

E is the cap that is screwed upon the lowerend o1 the body or tube A, to protect the brush C, and pre The lower screw-thread is intended to receive a,

screw-thread cut upon the innersurface of the upper end of the body A.

The upper screw-thread is designed to receive a screw-thread out upon the inner surface of the cap G,

which may be made long, as shown in the figure, to-

serve as a continuation of the handle of the brush.

In the apex of the conical piece F is formed a small hole, communicating with the interior of the body or reservoir A, to adapt the said piece E to serve asa ventilator to admit 'the air into the reservoir or fountain A B, to facilitate the outfow of the paint through the .brush; `.G-. 1 l

This ventilationis necessary only when oil-paint is used.

TWhen Water-paint is used the outflow will be .sufiiciently abundant without this ventilation.

In this case the cap G may be screwed upon the ventilator, preventing the entrance of air.

v When the cap is` removed, the ventilator F may be used Las a sketching-pen with almost any kind of paint, but preferably oil-paint.

Having thus described my invention,

I-claim as new and desire to secure by Letters. Patent- The perforated tube D, for holding the brush C, in combination with the reservoir orfountain A B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL J. KELLOGG.

Witnesses:

HARRY J. KELLOGG, R. W. BACON. 

